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v.timers s'trnt Letters Patent No. 75,481, @lated March 10, 1868.

IMPROVEMBNTQIN HORSE :HAY-roms.`

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TO'ALLWHOM IIT MAY CONCERN: y i A Be it kno'wnthat I, HARVYB, STEELE, of West'llinsted, county'of Litcheld,nnd State of Connecticut, j have invented a new and iinproved Power Hay-Fork 3l ltnd I do hereby declare that the following is a,A full and I exact description thereof, reference lbeing had to the accoinpnnying d rawinbls, and to theletters of reference marked thereon. v y l The nature of my invention and improvement consistsin the foi-m and arrangement' ofuthe parts, by which I use the connecting and operating parts of itare covered bythe, shield or scsbhard, in connection with the point, as shown. 'v i 'u 4 To enable others "slril led Vin the art tofnmk'e and'usemyfinven-tion,Twiilproceed -todescribe':Reconstruction and ope-ration.v r l 4- y AA-is 2t` metallic shield or scebbard. B is a. leverl with a. ring'on 'its outer. end.'` C ,is a. pair of ears or projectionsfrom theedge ofthe scabba'rd A, to securelever-B, whichis held by a pin, D, connecting with lever B; and extending into the shield is a. short lever, E, which is connected or pvote'dlto theiupper end ofyconn'ecting'- bar F,.and by the bar F withthe point G of the fork. l l 1,

' I :im aware that forks hdve been mede 'and are in use with similar points and for theplurposc, but -as conf structcd are subject to serious objections from the exposed parts, levers, rods, '&c., which frequently clog by the hay passing into and'between the levers,l to prevent or injure their successful use; and I claim that my form ofshield, and the connectionof the parts to it, are new, and an improvementj 4the shield a, in a longitudinal slot fitted Ito receive it, tcmove back and forth.- This rod is attached by a pin to one side of the clog or spear-point of the fork, the fulcrum of which -is a. pin near its .opposite sidc.` As' this rod is pushed down, by lifting'the lever with. the hand after the fork is thrust intol the hay, it turns the point or clogV to a position at right :ingles with the rod,in which position it cannot be. drawn from thc hay,

A metal bar of the desired length, formed `with s rinoin'its upper end; heur which the lever D entershinto" which is lifted to its desired position, when thelever is drawn down by a cord attached thereto, throwing the clog or arrow-.point in line with the rod, instantly4 dropping the hay. l What I claim as my invention, and -lesire to securobylietters Patent, is- Y a The shield or scabbard A, constructedlas described, in combination with the levcxmB E, connecting-rod F, and prongG, arrnnged and operating substantially s and for the purposes set forth.

'l 1 y HARVEY B. STEELE.

Witnesses:

S. Woonronp, f LYMAN BALDWIN.' y 

